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Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:59:51 -0400
From:	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Cc:	mstevens@...oraproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	nyc@...omorphy.com, hughd@...gle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	manfred@...orfullife.com, dave@...olabs.net, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	wagi@...om.org, prarit@...hat.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	david@...morbit.com, esandeen@...hat.com,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] ipc: Use private shmem or hugetlbfs inodes for shm segments.

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov> wrote:
> The shm implementation internally uses shmem or hugetlbfs inodes
> for shm segments.  As these inodes are never directly exposed to
> userspace and only accessed through the shm operations which are
> already hooked by security modules, mark the inodes with the
> S_PRIVATE flag so that inode security initialization and permission
> checking is skipped.
>
> This was motivated by the following lockdep warning:
> ===================================================
> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> 4.2.0-0.rc3.git0.1.fc24.x86_64+debug #1 Tainted: G        W
> -------------------------------------------------------
> httpd/1597 is trying to acquire lock:
> (&ids->rwsem){+++++.}, at: [<ffffffff81385354>] shm_close+0x34/0x130
> (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff81386bbb>] SyS_shmdt+0x4b/0x180
>       [<ffffffff81109a07>] lock_acquire+0xc7/0x270
>       [<ffffffff81217baa>] __might_fault+0x7a/0xa0
>       [<ffffffff81284a1e>] filldir+0x9e/0x130
>       [<ffffffffa019bb08>] xfs_dir2_block_getdents.isra.12+0x198/0x1c0 [xfs]
>       [<ffffffffa019c5b4>] xfs_readdir+0x1b4/0x330 [xfs]
>       [<ffffffffa019f38b>] xfs_file_readdir+0x2b/0x30 [xfs]
>       [<ffffffff812847e7>] iterate_dir+0x97/0x130
>       [<ffffffff81284d21>] SyS_getdents+0x91/0x120
>       [<ffffffff81871d2e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x76
>       [<ffffffff81109a07>] lock_acquire+0xc7/0x270
>       [<ffffffff81101e97>] down_read_nested+0x57/0xa0
>       [<ffffffffa01b0e57>] xfs_ilock+0x167/0x350 [xfs]
>       [<ffffffffa01b10b8>] xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared+0x38/0x50 [xfs]
>       [<ffffffffa014799d>] xfs_attr_get+0xbd/0x190 [xfs]
>       [<ffffffffa01c17ad>] xfs_xattr_get+0x3d/0x70 [xfs]
>       [<ffffffff8129962f>] generic_getxattr+0x4f/0x70
>       [<ffffffff8139ba52>] inode_doinit_with_dentry+0x162/0x670
>       [<ffffffff8139cf69>] sb_finish_set_opts+0xd9/0x230
>       [<ffffffff8139d66c>] selinux_set_mnt_opts+0x35c/0x660
>       [<ffffffff8139ff97>] superblock_doinit+0x77/0xf0
>       [<ffffffff813a0020>] delayed_superblock_init+0x10/0x20
>       [<ffffffff81272d23>] iterate_supers+0xb3/0x110
>       [<ffffffff813a4e5f>] selinux_complete_init+0x2f/0x40
>       [<ffffffff813b47a3>] security_load_policy+0x103/0x600
>       [<ffffffff813a6901>] sel_write_load+0xc1/0x750
>       [<ffffffff8126e817>] __vfs_write+0x37/0x100
>       [<ffffffff8126f229>] vfs_write+0xa9/0x1a0
>       [<ffffffff8126ff48>] SyS_write+0x58/0xd0
>       [<ffffffff81871d2e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x76
>       [<ffffffff81109a07>] lock_acquire+0xc7/0x270
>       [<ffffffff8186de8f>] mutex_lock_nested+0x7f/0x3e0
>       [<ffffffff8139b9a9>] inode_doinit_with_dentry+0xb9/0x670
>       [<ffffffff8139bf7c>] selinux_d_instantiate+0x1c/0x20
>       [<ffffffff813955f6>] security_d_instantiate+0x36/0x60
>       [<ffffffff81287c34>] d_instantiate+0x54/0x70
>       [<ffffffff8120111c>] __shmem_file_setup+0xdc/0x240
>       [<ffffffff81201290>] shmem_file_setup+0x10/0x20
>       [<ffffffff813856e0>] newseg+0x290/0x3a0
>       [<ffffffff8137e278>] ipcget+0x208/0x2d0
>       [<ffffffff81386074>] SyS_shmget+0x54/0x70
>       [<ffffffff81871d2e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x76
>       [<ffffffff81108df8>] __lock_acquire+0x1a78/0x1d00
>       [<ffffffff81109a07>] lock_acquire+0xc7/0x270
>       [<ffffffff8186efba>] down_write+0x5a/0xc0
>       [<ffffffff81385354>] shm_close+0x34/0x130
>       [<ffffffff812203a5>] remove_vma+0x45/0x80
>       [<ffffffff81222a30>] do_munmap+0x2b0/0x460
>       [<ffffffff81386c25>] SyS_shmdt+0xb5/0x180
>       [<ffffffff81871d2e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x76
> Chain exists of:#012  &ids->rwsem --> &xfs_dir_ilock_class --> &mm->mmap_sem
> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>       CPU0                    CPU1
>       ----                    ----
>  lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  lock(&xfs_dir_ilock_class);
>                               lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  lock(&ids->rwsem);
> 1 lock held by httpd/1597:
> CPU: 7 PID: 1597 Comm: httpd Tainted: G W       4.2.0-0.rc3.git0.1.fc24.x86_64+Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Pla0000000000000000 000000006cb6fe9d ffff88019ff07c58 ffffffff81868175
> 0000000000000000 ffffffff82aea390 ffff88019ff07ca8 ffffffff81105903
> ffff88019ff07c78 ffff88019ff07d08 0000000000000001 ffff8800b75108f0
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff81868175>] dump_stack+0x4c/0x65
> [<ffffffff81105903>] print_circular_bug+0x1e3/0x250
> [<ffffffff81108df8>] __lock_acquire+0x1a78/0x1d00
> [<ffffffff81220c33>] ? unlink_file_vma+0x33/0x60
> [<ffffffff81109a07>] lock_acquire+0xc7/0x270
> [<ffffffff81385354>] ? shm_close+0x34/0x130
> [<ffffffff8186efba>] down_write+0x5a/0xc0
> [<ffffffff81385354>] ? shm_close+0x34/0x130
> [<ffffffff81385354>] shm_close+0x34/0x130
> [<ffffffff812203a5>] remove_vma+0x45/0x80
> [<ffffffff81222a30>] do_munmap+0x2b0/0x460
> [<ffffffff81386bbb>] ? SyS_shmdt+0x4b/0x180
> [<ffffffff81386c25>] SyS_shmdt+0xb5/0x180
> [<ffffffff81871d2e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x76
>
> Reported-by: Morten Stevens <mstevens@...oraproject.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
> ---
>  fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 2 ++
>  ipc/shm.c            | 2 +-
>  mm/shmem.c           | 4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Seems reasonable and fits with what we've been doing.

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>

> diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> index 0cf74df..973c24c 100644
> --- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> @@ -1010,6 +1010,8 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size,
>         inode = hugetlbfs_get_inode(sb, NULL, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0);
>         if (!inode)
>                 goto out_dentry;
> +       if (creat_flags == HUGETLB_SHMFS_INODE)
> +               inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE;
>
>         file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>         if (hugetlb_reserve_pages(inode, 0,
> diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
> index 06e5cf2..4aef24d 100644
> --- a/ipc/shm.c
> +++ b/ipc/shm.c
> @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
>                 if  ((shmflg & SHM_NORESERVE) &&
>                                 sysctl_overcommit_memory != OVERCOMMIT_NEVER)
>                         acctflag = VM_NORESERVE;
> -               file = shmem_file_setup(name, size, acctflag);
> +               file = shmem_kernel_file_setup(name, size, acctflag);
>         }
>         error = PTR_ERR(file);
>         if (IS_ERR(file))
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index 4caf8ed..dbe0c1e 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -3363,8 +3363,8 @@ put_path:
>   * shmem_kernel_file_setup - get an unlinked file living in tmpfs which must be
>   *     kernel internal.  There will be NO LSM permission checks against the
>   *     underlying inode.  So users of this interface must do LSM checks at a
> - *     higher layer.  The one user is the big_key implementation.  LSM checks
> - *     are provided at the key level rather than the inode level.
> + *     higher layer.  The users are the big_key and shm implementations.  LSM
> + *     checks are provided at the key or shm level rather than the inode.
>   * @name: name for dentry (to be seen in /proc/<pid>/maps
>   * @size: size to be set for the file
>   * @flags: VM_NORESERVE suppresses pre-accounting of the entire object size
> --
> 2.1.0
>



-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com
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